Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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Wednesday • 2010 April 28

Here's another curiosity from the Gutbrain bookshelves: Learn How To Be a Handcuff King and Mystery Man.

My mother-in-law gave me this. (Thanks, Jane!) It's a no-nonsense guide to magical escapes, the sort of thing Houdini was famous for doing.

The preface has some good advice. "If you wish to become a successful entertainer as a Handcuff King, Mystery Man and Escape Artist, the first thing to bear in mind is that you must overcome self-consciousness…. As a well known teacher of magic once said, 'You must develop your nerve.'"